This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Progressive Tense – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Progressive Tense Quiz 18 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What ..... you ..... while your grandma was cooking lunch? A) Do you do. B) Were you doing. C) Are you doing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were you doing. 2. Which of these situations is the BEST reason to use past progressive? A) To show two actions happening at the same time in the past. B) To show a future plan. C) To show a permanent fact. D) To show a repeated habit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To show two actions happening at the same time in the past. 3. Many of the voters (rally) for a fair elections at the moment. A) Is rallying. B) Are rallying. C) Was rallying. D) Were rallying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are rallying. 4. What tense is this phrase:He has written a novel. A) Simple Past Tense. B) Past Progressive Tense. C) Present Perfect Tense. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Present Perfect Tense. 5. Provide an example of a sentence in the negative form of the past progressive tense. A) I am not running yesterday. B) I will not be running yesterday. C) I was not running yesterday. D) I have not been running yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I was not running yesterday. 6. (Make it negative )John called A) John not call. B) John didn't call. C) John din't call. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John didn't call. 7. What were they doing when the storm hit? A) They were having a barbecue. B) They were watching a movie. C) They were caught in the storm. D) They were playing outside. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They were caught in the storm. 8. Was or Were?The dog ..... barking. A) Were. B) Was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 9. Was or Were?The students ..... writing a test. A) Were. B) Was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 10. What is the time tense of the next sentence?"I was listening" A) Negative form. B) Question form. C) Affirmative form. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Affirmative form. 11. He was studying for his exam all night long. A) He was reviewing his notes all night long. B) He studied for his exam during the day. C) He studied all night for his exam. D) He was preparing for his exam all night. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He studied all night for his exam. 12. We were doing our homework, when our mother ..... A) Was coming. B) Came. C) Has come. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Came. 13. My sister ..... me something on the phone, when I suddenly ..... that I needed to go to work. A) Was telling / remembered. B) Told / remembered. C) Was telling / was remembering. D) Were telling / remembered. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was telling / remembered. 14. Which sentence best explains why the past progressive is used in this context: "They were laughing when the teacher entered the room." A) To show a repeated action in the past. B) To show an action that was happening when another action occurred. C) To show a future action. D) To show a completed action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To show an action that was happening when another action occurred. 15. Tony was standing at the bus stop ..... A) At 7pm. B) When. C) While. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At 7pm. 16. Was I talking to you? A) PAST PROGRESSIVE. B) PRESENT PROGRESSIVE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PAST PROGRESSIVE. 17. What does the simple past tense express? A) Background actions in the past. B) Completed, sequential actions in the past. C) Ongoing actions in the past. D) Simultaneous actions in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Completed, sequential actions in the past. 18. How do we make MOST verbs into the PAST TENSE form? A) Add-es. B) Add-ed. C) Add-s. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Add-ed. 19. He ..... (drive) to work when he saw the accident. A) Drives. B) Were driving. C) Drove. D) Was driving. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was driving. 20. What ..... you doing at 7 p.m. last night? A) Were. B) Was. C) Did. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 21. What auxiliary verb is used in the past progressive tense? A) Is. B) Has. C) Will. D) Was or were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was or were. 22. What ..... you doing last Saturday? A) Were. B) Was. C) Are. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 23. Transform 'We go to the park' into past progressive. A) We are going to the park. B) We had gone to the park. C) We go to the parks. D) We were going to the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We were going to the park. 24. If your teacher asked, "At 9 a.m. yesterday, what were you doing?", which of these is the BEST past progressive response? A) I was taking the school bus. B) I take the school bus. C) I did take the school bus. D) I am taking the school bus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was taking the school bus. 25. The number of cases of asthma ..... these days, perhaps partly because more people own cats. A) Increase. B) Is increasing. C) Was increasing. D) Were increased. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is increasing. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast Progressive Tense Quiz 1Past Progressive Tense Quiz 2Past Progressive Tense Quiz 3Past Progressive Tense Quiz 4Past Progressive Tense Quiz 5Past Progressive Tense Quiz 6Past Progressive Tense Quiz 7Past Progressive Tense Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books